Answering; correspondent; suited to something else; being in accord.Responsible; answerable.Able, ready, or inclined to respond or answer; answering; replying.Characterized by the use of responses: as, a responsive service of public worship.In law, pertinent in answer; called for by the question: as, a party is not bound by an answer given by his own witness if it is not responsive to the question, but may have the irresponsive matter struck out.n. An answer; a response; a reply.